Given that the books in our library were deteriorating in our storage unit we have sold them all. I will leave some links here to indicate partiularly useful publications.
Title | Author | Date | ||
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A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas | Charles Finsley | Great guide to Texas fossils. Goes in and out of print, but used copies are available. | ||
Fossil Collector's Guidebook to the North Sulphur River | Mark G. McKinzie, Ron Morin, Ed Swiatovy | 2001 | Ocassional Papers of the Dallas Paleontological Society | |
The Collector's Guide to Fossil Sharks and Rays From the Cretaceous of Texas | Bruce j. Welton, Ph.D. and Roger F. Farish | 1993 | A terrific resource for Cretaceous shark teeth. | |
Texas Cretaceous Ammonites & Nautiloids | Barbara L. Emerson, John H. Emerson, Rosemary E. Akers and Thomas J. Akers | 1994 | Paleontology Section, Houston Gem and Mineral Society | |
Tx Cretaceous Bilvalves & Localities | I. D. Offeman, P. C. Lewis, S. W. Arnette, T. J. AKers, R. H. Ganshirt, M. Martin, R. E. Akers, R. M. Landry | 1982 | Paleontology Section, Houston Gem and Mineral Society | |
Tx Pennsylvanian Brachiopods | J. H. Herbert, R. E. Akers, M. M. Morton, D. K. Hall, S. Lynch, T. J. Akers | 1990 | Paleontology Section, Houston Gem and Mineral Society | |
Fossils & Localities of the Claiborne Group | Paleontology Section, Houston Gem and Mineral Society | |||
Guidebook to the Geology of Travis County | The Student Geology Society | Aug 1977 | 1973 graduate students Diana Grunig, M.A. Jordan, Donald F. Parker, and Bill Williams | |
Points of Geologic Interest in the Vicinity of Austin, TX | Zeta Chapter University of Texas | Dec 1937 | 11th Ntl Convention Sigma Gamma Epsilon | |
Wonderful Life | Stephen Jay Gould | 1989 | The Burgess Shale & the Nature of History. Some of this is out of date, but a fun read. | |
Rancho La Brea | Chester Stock | 1961 | A Record of Pleistocene Life in California |
Geologic maps of the entire state of Texas are available from the Bureau of Economic Geology.